Category Growth Lead: Innovation, Analytics & Trade

United Petroleum; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

United Petroleum, a leading player in Australia’s fuel and convenience sector, seeks a Category Manager to champion categories across convenience and retail networks. You will drive profitable growth through strong supplier relationships and customer-focused category strategies.

Responsibilities include ranging, pricing, NPD, promotions, and improving in-store execution, backed by robust analytics. Collaboration with marketing and operations will be essential to lift market share.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, retail, marketing, or related discipline.
• Experience in category roles and development of commercial strategies.
• Impressive negotiation capacity and excellent communication skills.
• Strong understanding of contemporary consumer marketing and retail trends and opportunities.
• Ability to navigate agile, fast-paced entrepreneurial environments with accountability and execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the product innovation for various categories.
• Ensure a customer-centric approach is adopted.
• Provide all facets of commercial category management including ranging, pricing (gross margin), trend analysis, promotional activity, new product development (NPD), and identifying new range opportunities.
• Manage supplier relationships to achieve business goals.
• Partner with marketing and operations to implement plans that drive awareness and optimise sales across categories.
• Conduct regular site visits to audit staff capability and uplift category offering for customers.
• Manage analytics of category performance and identify gaps in operational effectiveness related to in-store execution.

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, retail, marketing, or related discipline

Job description

United Petroleum, a leading player in Australia’s fuel and convenience sector, seeks a Category Manager to champion categories across convenience and retail networks. You will drive profitable growth through strong supplier relationships and customer-focused category strategies.

Responsibilities include ranging, pricing, NPD, promotions, and improving in-store execution, backed by robust analytics. Collaboration with marketing and operations will be essential to lift market share.